Metallic tie and rail-fastener.



P. AiiBiLANo.

METALLIC TIE AND BAIL FAETENEB.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 11, 1912.

Patented July 2, 1912.

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' ra NcIscoAnELLANo, or YSLETA, Texas, AssIoNon. or ONE-THIRD TO A. SERNA AND ONE-THIRD TO C. 0. SERNA, OF YSLETA, TEXAS.

METALLIC TIE AND RAIL-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 11, 1912. Serial No. 670,615.

To all whom it may concern:

vBe it known that I, FRANoIsoo ARELLANO, a citizen of Mexico, residin at Ysleta, in the county of El Paso and gtate of Texas, hZHe invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metallic Ties and Rail-Fae teners; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. I

This invention relates to railway ties and fasteners, and more especially to ties which are made of metal and include means for fastening the railsthereto; and the object of the same is to produce an extremely simple and durable device of this character which does away entirely with the use of and necessity for bolts or nuts. This and other objects are accomplished by the construction hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and as shown in the drawings wherein- I Figure 1 is a plan view of this improved rail tie and fastener, showingv a continuous rail as connected to it at the left end and the meeting extremities of two rails connected to it at the right end of the view; and Fig.2 is a transverse section on about the line 2-2 of Fig. .1. Fig. 3 is an end elevation taken from the right end of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 isa similar elevation with one rail and partly in section. Fig. 5 is a perspective detail of the key.

In the drawings the letter R designates the continuous portion of a rail, and E, E

are the meeting ends of two rails which are here shown as connected by a tongue-andgroove joint of peculiar formation coacting well with the tie and fastener forming the subject matter of this invention. That is to say, the web W is thickened at the rail-end as at T'so that it is of substantially the same thickness as the ball B -of the rail, and the extremities of the rail-ends E are provided respectively .with a tongue and a roove whlch interengage as shown at I in ig. 1. However, for a purpose whichwill appear below the ton' ue and-groove members exthe rails 'onlypartway down,

tend from the face of the tread or ball B of and as shown in Fig. 4 the rail-ends E are cut off straight as at S for the remainder of the distance and abut closely when the tongue and groove members are in enga ement.-

Comln now more partlclilarly to the de- Patented July 2, 1912.

tails of t 1e present invention, my improved tie and fastener is made in two principal members whereof the bod member 1 has a cross sect-ion of substantia ly the same shape as an ordinary rail, as best seen in Fig. 4,

its extremities being beveled off as at 2 and Its base having one or more downwardly projecting fins 3 to prevent it from mov-. ing transversely of the track. The head 4 of this tie member is made rather thicket its extremities and provided on its upper face with a flat seat 5 whereon the rail or rails rest, and rising from theouter portion of this seat is a hook 6 whose bill'is flattened into a bill that is substantially the full width of the head as seen in Fig. 3. 'This a hook projects over the outer base flan e 7 of a continuous rail R as seen at the le t of Fig. 1, and where the rail ends E meet as seen in Fig. 4 the thickened portions T thereof are provided with recesses 8 into ties abut and are held against each other by the tongue-and-groove connection above described or any equivalent therefor that is employed. The other member of the tie which said hook projects when the extremiconsists of a straight and rather thin body' 11 overlying the central portion of the body member 1, and at each end of the body portion 11 is an integral thickened lug'12 continued at its upper outer end into a hook l6 complementing that numbered 6 and having a wide bill engaging over the inner flange 17 of a continuous rail R or with a recess 18 at the inner side of the meeting ends E of two rails similar to therecess 8.

For securing the two members of the tie together, the outer end of each In 12 is further provided with a lip 13 standing below the hook 16 a suflicient distance to permit it to en age a groove 14 which is formed along the inner side of the head 4 of the base member, as seen in Fig. 2.

The parts of this device asthus far de-' scribed are put into position as follows: The

base member l of the tie is laid upon or I seated in the road bed or upon the sleepers. if they are used), an next the rails are placed in position and the outer.fianges of a continuous rail R are engaged under between them, but by preference I employ the hooks 6 or the registering recesses 8 of curing opposite a continuous railas shown in Fig. 1, thehook 16 would first be seated in the registering recesses 18 of the rail joint and then the opposite hook 16 passed over the continuous inner flange 17 of the other rail; but in either case after this mempocket 21 and clench itself therein.

ber has been put in place, it is forced finally intoa position in strict parallelism with the base member 1 so that it alines with the headset thereof as best seen in Fig. 1. At this time its lip 13 will hold it upon the base member and its hooks 16 will hold the rails upon the seats 5, while the outside hooks 6 assist. 4;

In order that the members of this improved ti'e may not become disconnected, I make use'of any suitable fastening means that which will now be described: Through some portion of the upper member 11 is formed an upright hole 20, and the lug 12 is preferably selected for this hole because it permits the same to have a greater length and in the base member 1 beneath the hole is'formed a pocket 21 opening out the top of said member through a reduced hole 22 which is intended to aline with the hole 20 in the upper member when the two members stand one above the other as seen in Fig. 1. The key best illustrated in Fig. 5 is placed in these holes at that time, and in order thatit may not become lost or displaced by the vibration to which the parts are subjected, I make it of tempered metal having a body 23 of a shape to fit said holes and diverging legs 24with outturned'hook-shaped toes 25 at their lower extremities; while the upper end of the body is preferably notched as at 26 to-permit the key to be forced out of place if it should become necessary to do so. To insert this key, its legs 24 are pressed toward each other until the outer extremities of the toes 25 may be passed through'the hole. 20 and downward through the hole 22, after which they will spring apart and engage in the socket 21 as seen in section at the left of Fig. 2. However, it is quite possible to drive an ordinary spike through the registerin holes 20 and :22, when its point will strl e the rounded bottom of the VVhatever fastening device is used at this point, I preferably omit all bolts and nuts as first stated above.

I reserve the right to make changes in details such'as come within the spirit of the present invention.

Attention is directed to the fact that while I have described the use of a tongue-andgroove connection between the rail ends E,

' 1. The herein described railway-tie cone I prising a lower member having at eaclr end a raised head provided with a rail-seat and a groove along its inner edge, and a hook rising from said head and overlying the seat; and an upper member mounted upon the lower member and secured thereto and having at each end an enlarged lug with. an outwardly projecting lip adapted to engage said groove, and above it an outwardly projecting hook complementing that on the head.-

2. The combination W1 1 a rail joint comprising the meeting ends of two rails whose webs are thickenedat their extremities and provided in both sides with recesses, and a. connection between the extremities of the rails holdin said. recesses in register; of a combined tie and fastener comprising a lower member havingat each end an' in.- turned hook adapted to engage the recesses in the outer sides of the rai1s,-an upper memher having at each end an outturned ho'ok adapted to engage the recesses in the inner sides of said railjoint, and means for hold- .ing the upper member alined with and upon lower member having at its extremities .in 1

turned hooks with wide bills forming lips entering the outer recesses, an upper member 'overlying' the lower member and having at 1ts extrenuties similar hooks whose blllS form lips projecting outward and entering the inner recesses, and means for holding said members detachably connected.

4. The combination with a rail joint comprising the meeting ends of two rails whose webs are thickened at their extremities and provided in both sides with recesses, and a connection between the extremities 'of the rails holdmg sirid recesses in register; of a combined tie and fastener comprising a lower member having at each end a raised head provided with a rail seat and a roove along its inner edge, and an inturne hook adapted to engage the recesses in the outer sldes of the reds, annpper member havlng at eaeh end an enlarged lug wlth an out-- wnrdly projecting lip adapted to engage said groove, and an outturned hook adapted to engage the recesses in the inner sides of said rail joint, and means for holding the upper member alined-with and upon the lower.

In testimony whereof I have herennte SEE- my hand 1n presence of two subscrlblng Wi 10 nesses. 

